Unanswered questions over NHS health checks

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7792, 2011, Pages 316-318

  Khunti, Kamlesh ^a   Walker, Nicola ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^b   Davies, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79551640174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6312     Document Type: Article

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